Editing Dado (architecture) (section)

==Derivation==
[[File:CimetiereRD02.JPG|thumb|upright|Dado meaning the middle section or main body of a pedestal]]

The name was first used in English as an [[architectural terms|architectural term]] for the part of a pedestal between the base and the [[cornice (architecture)|cornice]]. As with many other architectural terms, the word is Italian in origin. The dado in a pedestal is roughly cubical in shape, and the word in Italian means "dice" or "cube" (ultimately Latin ''[[wikt:datum|datum]]'', meaning "something given", hence also a die for [[Cleromancy|casting lots]]).<ref name=lexico /><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jeeGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |title=An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language |first= Walter W.|last= Skeat |date=15 February 2013 |pages=152, 168–169|publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=9780486317656 }}</ref> By extension, the dado becomes the lower part of a wall when the pedestal is treated as being continuous along the wall, with the cornice becoming the dado rail.<ref name=chitam />